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containsalsofiveAppendices,whichrefer,amongothers,totheChopin
family’sapartment,toStanisławKostka-PotockiandtotheNobelPrize
laureateswhohavebeenassociatedwiththeUniversityofWarsaw.
IntheforewordtothefirsteditionofhisfamousPamiętniki
czasówmoich[MemoirsofMyTime],JulianUrsynNiemcewicz(1758–
1841)wrote:KWearelivinginthetimesofmemoirs;neverhavemore
beenpublishedthannow”.7AsanalumnusoftheSchoolofChivalry,
formeraide-de-camptoTadeuszKościuszko(thenacitizenoftheUnited
StatesofAmerica),co-organizerofWarsaw’sintellectuallifeduringthe
CongressKingdom,andChairmanoftheSocietyofFriendsofLearning
intheyears1827–1831,Niemcewiczhadanamplescopeoftopicsto
reminisceupon.Furthermore,memoirs,diaries,andothercommemo-
rativepublicationsfromthepasttwocenturiesprovideuswithagood
pictureoftheUniversity,itsrectors,deans,professorsandstudents.We
shallbereferringtothemoften,soastorecreateinthebestpossible
mannertheeventsspanningthosetwohundredyearsandtheatmos-
pherewhichprevailed.
Inwritingthisbook,Ireceivedhelpandsupportfrommany
individualsandinstitutions.Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetothe
stalofmanyofWarsaw’slibraries:theUniversityLibrary(BUW);the
LibrariesoftheInstituteofHistory,theUniversityofWarsaw,andofthe
NationalMuseuminWarsaw;theLibrariesoftheAssociationofHisto-
riansofArt,andoftheInstituteofFineArtsofthePolishAcademyof
Sciences.MyspecialthanksgotothestaloftheUniversityLibraryPrint
Room,aswellasthestaloftheDepartmentofNumismaticsandthe
DepartmentofPolishDrawingsattheNationalMuseuminWarsaw,of
theMuseumofWarsaw,andoftheRoyalŁazienki,whomadenumer-
ousphotographsavailabletome.Iwouldliketoexpressmyheartfelt
thankstothelateProfessorMariaWawrykowa,whoreviewedandsup-
plementedchaptersVIIandVIIIofmybook,toDrMarekOstrowski,
JanuszRudzińskiandMichałDąbski,theauthorsofsuperbphotographs,
andtoKrzysztofZałęskiforinformationondrawingsandprintsofthe
historicUniversityprecinct.TomaszSendułahelpedtranslatetheLatin
inscriptions,8whileMikołajBaliszewskiandMałgorzataPrzybyszewska
preparedthephotographsforpublication.ProfessorAnnaSadurskaand
ProfessorTeresaZarębska,whoaresadlynolongerwithus,willalways
berememberedwithfondgratitude;inthelastyearsoftheirlives,both
scholarsparticipatedenthusiasticallyinresearchonthehistoricUniver-
sityprecinct.
ItiswithgreatandgenuinepleasurethatIrecallconversations
onthehistoryoftheUniversity,especiallyoverthepastthirty-fiveyears,
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